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Being there. hes not gonna get it dismissed. giuliani, on the other hand, i dont think that he can say what he was doing was in further its of some kind of official role with the president. >> thats the bar, essentially? >> that is really the low bar for removal. from there, it is still fani williss team that is going to be prosecuting that case, in that courtroom. it doesnt turn into a federal prosecution, it is still a state prosecution. just a little bit down the street, at the federal courth...

>> one person we heard from today since we were talking about this and reading through this indictment last night is rudy giuliani. and hes kind of making the argument for himself of what he believes should happen here in addition to mark meadows. >> the federal statutes say that when you -- when you indict a -- someone for things they did in federal office or things that, for example, i did as an agent for someone in federal office it should be removed to the federal court. >> an agent for some...

Directly to georgia in december where they pressured state lawmakers to undo the will of the people. >> you secretary of state office last night and today said this was the cleanest election in the history, or the purist election in history. he must be living on some other planet or drinking something that affects his senses. its just the opposite. this is probably the worst situation a voter fraud we have ever had in this country. >> another lawyer, john eastman, author of the infamous school m...

Furtherance of crime, its the point that the district attorney is making in the indictment, thats what makes it illegal? >> exactly, i think we all have to be on watch for this technique, and defense lawyers do this, it can be an effective tactic, take one narrow slice of the indictment and say whats wrong with that, folks, whats wrong with a tweet? whats wrong with making a call? and the prosecutors always come back and say its part of the grander conspiracy. it was a necessary part of the cons...

Unnecessary. is that sort of consensus that you are saying on that side of the aisle? >> i think that 4 indictments in five months is a bit excessive. i think a kind of reeks of desperation. here is my concern. look, there is an issue that has to do with a preemption. and the truth is that we have got jack smith, the special counsel in washington who is already indicted trump for interrupting to unlawfully overturn an election. in that indictments are several references to the georgia statutes. ...

In the stages. all defendants are it is until proven guilty. but if we get to the conviction of any one of the 19 for a rico charge my sense is that the dea herself will seek the mandatory minimum of five years in jail, not on probation. now the way the statute is worded, it simply says no less than five and up to 20 years imprisonment. there are other statutes that indicate that can be, that term can be pro baited, and when there is no discretion, when imprisonment is mandatory such as in the g...

Pretty poorly informed if you try to steal land from our people and build here. for more on this we can speak now to david callies, professor of law emeritus at the university of hawaii who has written extensively about land use and planning. he speaks to us from honolulu. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of this idea of suspending any sales right now? ., ., . , . , now? the governor has emergency owers now? the governor has emergency powers under— now? the governor has ...

States that actually has state rico statutes. most of these are just simply left in the federal level. >> and theyre kind of modeled in georgia after those federal laws as well. on this indictment, what weve heard so far from your fellow 2024 challengers, this is a bit of that. >> i think its an example of this criminalization of politics. >> weve seen the legal system being weaponized against political opponents. that is un-american and unacceptable. >> you know, governor, when we hear those co...

Nominee for president even if its trump. but its notable that trumps calls to governor kemp were part of this indictment. >> so many different developments. im going to pivot to mark meadows. he is now moving to try to get the case moved from state to federal court. whats his argument? >> reporter: yeah, so we want to keep an eye on this, this is definitely something donald trump is anticipated to do as well. theres a mechanism provided in the federal statutes to allow for a defendant whos being...

Other statutes that could be relevant tonight? >> well, so, in particular, i believe there was a forgery or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit forgery. if you are looking at the alleged fake electors, they started by something that was in fact not to, or at least what the d.a. is going to allege, which is donald trump was actually elected president, right? they were duly elected electors. and they will send that after the u.s. senate and other places. you know, that is one offense, you know, t...